The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-11

all the hills, and all the forests, and al
the metals of the earth, and all tn
growths Of the UNIVERSE should not b
surprised il He could, il He had minC
to, make q few harps, and trumpets, and
organs.
Grand old Haydn. sick and worn out
was carried for the last time into the music
hall, and there he heard his own oratoriC
Of the Creation" History saws that Al
the orchestra came TO that famous passage
| Let there be Light" the whole audience
rose and cbeered, and HAYDN waved hi
hand toward Heaven aud said: at came
/ from there" Overwhelmed with his owr
music, he was carried out in his chair, and
as he came TO the door he spread his hand
toward the orchestra as in benediction.
Haydn was right when he waved his
hand toward Heaven and said: at comes
from there" Music was born in Heaven
and il will ever have it, hi hest throne in
Heaven; and I want Won to understand
that our departed friends who were pas
sionatelv fond Of music here are now at the
headquarters Of harmony think that the
grand old church tunes that did when
your graudfathers died have gone with
them 70 Heaven
Again. remark tina; those Of our ID
I
had very strong military siir.t are
now in armies celestial and uut on
bloodless battles There are hun
dreds OF people born soldiers They
can not help il. They belong TO regiments
In time OF peace. They can not hear a
drum or fife without try ing 70 keep step 20
the music. They are Christians. and when
they fight they fight on the right side. Now
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natural and powerful military spirit, en-
tered Heaven they entered the celestial
army.
The door Of Heaven hardly opens but
you hear military demonstration. David
cried out The chartots of cd are twenty
thousand" Elisha saw the mountains filed
with celestial cavalry. 81. John said ::
"The armies which are in Heaven followed
him on white horses" Now, when those
who had the military spirit on Earth sane
titled entered glory, suppose they right
away enlisted in some heavenly campaign;
the volunteered right away. Their. must
needs be in Heaven soldiers with solder
" spirit. Their are grand parade days
when the King reviews the troops There
must Be- armed escort sen, out 70 hIing up
from earth 70 Heaven those V ho were
crusades ever being fitted ont for some
part OF Gods dominions-battlee. blood,
less, Eroanless. painless. Angels Of evil
TO be fought down and fouc ht hack. Other
rebellious worlds 10 be conquered. Worlds
10 be put TO the torch. Worlds TO be
saved. Worlds - be demolished Worlds
TO be sunk. Worlds 70 he hoisted.
Besides that, in our own world there are
battles for the right and against the wrong
where we must have the heavenly mill
tarv. That is what keeps us Christian re-
formers s. haeyant. so few good men
against 50 many bad men. 80 few churches
against 50 many sro1-sh"ls, 50 few pare
printing presses against so many polluted
printing presses: and yet we are haOvaHt
and courageous, because while we knO y
that the armies of evil in the world are
larger in number than the army Of the
truth, there are celestial cohorts ia the air
fighting on our side.
have not so much faith in the army on
the ground as | have in the army IN the
air. q, God! open our eves that We NAV
see them. Tie military spirits that went
up from earth 70 Jon the military shirts
before the thros"--.lo hla, and Caleb, and
Gideon. and lav d ana Samson, and the
hundreds cf Christian warriors " no or
earth fought with hH>Ay arm, and now
having gone Up On hi-n. aI'c coming down
the hills OF Heaven Il tiSEt among rho in
visibles. Nonirl they aFe-coming, com
ing, coming. Did vod not hear them as
they swept hyI
But what are Ga. nath, matieal friends
to do in the next world, They found their
joy and their delight in mathematics.